Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Goldberg, Maurice E.
| title | Maurice E. Goldberg papers, [ca. 1932-1961]. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Personal correspondence, 1931-1961, primarily concerning Goldberg's musical compositions, his interest in the WWII war effort, and other political issues, and his art collecting; songs by Goldberg; and record books on Whistler's etchings and lithographs, on color lithographs, and prints, undated. None of the material directly relates to the Doll & Richards Gallery. |
| extent | 0.4 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/maurice-e-goldberg-papers-10261 |
| acquisition information | Donated along with the Doll & Richards Gallery records by owners Jeanne and Paul Sylva, who purchased the gallery from Goldberg in 1973. |
| updated | 06/15/2023 16:51:39 |
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| title | Doll & Richards gallery records, 1863-1978, bulk 1902-1969 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An outline of the history of the firm; reminiscences by long time employee Wendell Zoehler; articles of incorporation and minutes of meetings of the directors and stockholders; correspondence; letterpress books, 1930-1967; photographs of artists and art work; exhibition announcements and catalogs, and other printed material; card files concerning paintings which the firm handled by Winslow Homer and William Stanley Haseltine; business records, 1871-1973, including customer account files, invoice and sales account books, cash books, stock inventories, ledgers, sales and framing work order slips, and other material, including a copy of The Life & Works of Winslow Homer by William Howe Downes (1911), inscribed "property of Wendell L Zoehler" containing detailed notes on Homer sales throughout. 35mm microfilm reels 350-368 and NDR1-NDR4 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Letterpress books, 1930-1960, 41 v.: 35mm microfilm reels 350-368 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Exhibition catalogs, 1912-1941, ca. 620 items: 35mm microfilm reels NDR1-4 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. |
| extent | 78.9 linear ft. (partially microfilmed on 23 reels) reels 350-368 and NDR1-NDR4 reels 350-368 reels NDR1-4 |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Exhibition Catalogs Financial Records Inventories |
| access | Microfilmed portion must be consulted on microfilm. Use of unmicrofilmed portion requires an appointment and is limited to Washington, D.C. storage facility. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.dollrich.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/doll--richards-gallery-records-9315 |
| finding aid | Finding aid available at AAA offices. |
| acquisition information | Material on reels 350-368 and portions of unmicrofilmed material donated 1973-1979 by Jeanne and Paul Sylva, who purchased the gallery in 1973; material on reels NDR1-NDR4 lent and subsequently given in part (catalogs and announcements) for microfilming 1966 by Doll & Richards gallery. Remainder of the unmicrofilmed material donated by Wendell Zoehler, who worked for the firm from the late 1920s until the 1960s. According to Zoehler, most of the nineteenth century records were discarded, and periodically, especially when the firm moved, other records were also discarded. A daguerrotype of Gaetano Cardinal Bedini received with the records was on permanent loan to the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Aug. 29, 1979 and subsequently transferred to NPG on May 24, 2004. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:12 |
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